Under direction of Nancy and J. Richard Pearcey, the Francis Schaeffer Center for Worldview and Culture at HBU will promote foundational research and out-of-the-box creative thinking based on historic Christianity as a total way of life informed by verifiable truth concerning God, humanity, and the cosmos.

HBU's “Ten Pillars” vision includes homeschool-friendly goals such as Build on the Classics, Bring Athens and Jerusalem Together [integrate philosophy and Christianity], Increase Cultural Impact, Expand on the Creative Arts, Create a Strong Global Focus, and more.

HBU's Blue Team placed second overall at the American Mock Trial Association's Houston Regional Tournament, held Feb. 3-5 on the HBU campus. More than 170 students on 22 different teams representing 15 colleges and universities, including the University of Texas and the University of Georgia, competed at the event.

An Act of Providence, the history of HBU's first 50 years compiled and written by Vice President Emeritus Don Looser, has received the History Writing Award for Institutional History from the Texas Baptist Historical Society. The award will be presented during the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas in Corpus Christi in November 2012.

Houston Baptist University's Director of Athletics Steve Moniaci addresses the media during a press conference where it was announced that Houston Baptist University has accepted an invitation to join the Southland Conference beginning with 2013-14 academic year.

The Center for Christianity in Business at HBU invites business professionals to a networking luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 12 p.m. in the Hinton Center on the HBU campus. Fred Caldwell, founder and president of the Caldwell Companies, a fully integrated real estate services and development firm, will speak on “Living with Confidence in Uncertain Times.”

Houston Baptist University has acquired the Memorial Hermann Wellness Center as part of an ongoing effort to enrich its total student life experience and build a residential community of learning. The state-of-the-art fitness center, which will be known as HBU’s Bradshaw Fitness Center, is located adjacent to the HBU campus on property that fronts the Southwest Freeway.